"You, you two..."
Hai Bodong froze for a moment, then stared blankly at the two people before him, disbelief spreading across his face.
"Impossible! You two old fossils have both broken through to Dou Zong!"
The two standing before him were none other than Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan.
"What, surprised?" The two old men regarded Hai Bodong with beaming smiles, their faces full of smug satisfaction at his disbelief.
"Come now, Elder Yun, Elder Jia, stop teasing Elder Hai."
Seeing Hai Bodong's utterly helpless expression, Teng Shan hurried forward to rescue him from his predicament.
"Heh heh heh." Yun Shan and Jia Xingtian chuckled. "Old fellow, times have changed. The Jia Ma Empire has been turned upside down. You'd better go back to your Mittel Family and take a good look first."
Jia Xingtian waved a hand as he spoke. "Everyone, disperse. His homeland has changed so much that this old fellow can't quite take it in. Off you go."
The Dou Emperors who had just joined the Flame Alliance all looked disappointed upon hearing this.
Had this old fellow been an outsider looking for trouble, he would have given them a chance to earn some merit. After all that fuss, it turned out to be a country bumpkin returning to the city.
"Teng Shan, what exactly happened?"
Only after everyone had left did Hai Bodong turn to Mittel Tengshan with a bewildered expression.
Seeing Hai Bodong's confusion, Teng Shan suddenly felt the urge to suppress a laugh. He smiled at Hai Bodong instead. "Elder Hai, come with me. I'll take you to meet our Mittel Family's new head."
With that, he led Hai Bodong in flight toward the Mittel Family.
"The Mittel Family's new head?" Hai Bodong paused, then suddenly seemed to remember something. "Is this new head